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FROM

STUBAN'S EXIT QUESTIONNAIRE

What could the PA Turnpike

Commission have done to prevent your leaving?

I really didn't want to retire yet. I like my job. The first 30 years were great, but the last 5 are terrible. ... We have no morale. I feel the PTC is rudderless, that executive level management is out of touch with the average employees, only looking out for themselves. Everything is a state secret, no input is asked from the field until after decisions are made. Employees are kept in the dark ... The first 30 years I felt I was part of a team, the last years I felt as an outsider, that we, in the field, don't matter.

What has been frustrating/difficult/upsetting to you in your time with us?

1. The lack of consistency, rules altered on a daily basis. We all do things differently.

2. The phoneyness. Example: Giving us classes where we are being told we are not political. That's b---s---.

Jobs/Promotions are filled by the politicians, it's who you know, not what you know. Positions created for people who are not qualified. Hiring people off the street when we have qualified personnel in our ranks. Another example is the email from a PTC commissioner trying to get someone a job (the email was accidently sent). Nothing's changed, why pretend. I am not complaining about the system, I was part of it. I have no problem with the political system. But to stand there and lie about us changing ...

If there are other reasons for leaving not stated in this questionnaire, please explain.

I feel upper management (Executive level) doesn't care about us or appreciate us. The feeling I get is "just do what we tell you or find another job." As I stated above, I didn't want to retire yet, I am only 58, but I don't feel part of the team anymore.